Re: top and bottom margin

[Claus Assmann]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, Mark E. Mallett wrote:

> to add and implement a couple of muttrc variables to set a top and
> bottom margin, since I like to break up any wall of solid text. As I

"Back then" I had my own patches to do that.

> This actually used to be a fairly non-trivial patch, having to calculate
> offsets here and there, but at some point mutt 'window' management was
> changed and the margins got a lot easier. Of course I don't know that

For me it was the opposite: the original patch was simple, but with
that change it broke and I never got it to work properly again (it
"works" ok until something changes the layout and then the empty
lines are gone so I exit mutt and start it again).

Is your patch available somewhere? Maybe it works better for me
than the hack I have.

Re: mutt 2.2.10 released

[Mark E. Mallett]

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 02:12:00PM -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> Hi Mutt Users,
> 
> I've just released version 2.2.10.



Thanks for the many updates and improvements and maintenance.

That's all I have to say but since I haven't posted to this list this
decade, maybe even last one, I figured I'd be blabby today.

And blabbing on, why not. I have maintained a personal patch file that I
apply when I want to build a new mutt. It used to have a bunch of things
in it but as time has gone on it's gotten smaller and smaller.  Which I
think is a great sign. Among the only significant things in it now are
to add and implement a couple of muttrc variables to set a top and
bottom margin, since I like to break up any wall of solid text. As I
mentioned on the list back in 2004:

One of the first things I ever did when getting mutt was a hack to
add top and bottom margins, since I didn't like the text crammed up
against the top and bottom.

I've said something about this a couple of times I think, but never got
any interest, so I've kept them in my personal patch set.

This actually used to be a fairly non-trivial patch, having to calculate
offsets here and there, but at some point mutt 'window' management was
changed and the margins got a lot easier. Of course I don't know that
they work in all environments since I don't use some facilities (e.g.
sidebars) but they continue to work for me.

But I digress.

Thanks again,
-mm-

(Will probably write again before 2038)